All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the aztec empire. Part of the sculpture depicts an eagle atop a cactus, eating a snake, similar to the imagery on the flag of mexico. Tenochtitlan also known as mexicatenochtitlan was a large mexica altepetl in what is now the. Tenochtitlan was the center of the aztec government and religion. The aztecs built tenochtitlan around 25, right on a lake called lake texcoco as the empire grew, so did tenochtitlan. Part of the sculpture depicts an eagle atop a cactus, eating a snake, similar to the imagery on the flag of mexico references. The monument, designed by carlos marquina, was dedicated in 1970. This made tenochtitlan the largest city in the americas before christopher columbus arrived. Anthropologist susan kellogg has studied colonialera inheritance patterns of nahuas in mexico city, using nahuatl and spanishlanguage testaments.
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